i ordered an "i'm kind of a big deal" t-shirt and i'll try to find someone to make the old "i was investigated by the SEC" t-shirt. The latter will mean aboslutely nothing to anybody where I live, but it'd be a great conversation piece if someone happened to get what it meant.

ultralong, we should start a club.

Here are the two watches I narrowed my search down to before a 2-day party interrupted my shopping in vegas. just as well, no sales tax if I order it from home and have them ship it.

The Rolex watches I saw didn't do alot for me. Patek Phillipe makes a couple of nice ones, but in the end I think that the Breguet is the one that really grabs me. The subtle pattern in the center looks cool, its a good size, beautiful.

That Ulysse Nardin is eccentric to say the least. Very Roger Dubois like minus the sporty rubber strap. To me that watch has a whole lot of funky going on but i can definitely see you enjoy a bit of rose gold.

The Breguet is very hard to see by the picture but they are most commonly known for their coin edge casings and guillochetted dials which is what I'm guessing youre alluding to.

Between the two Breguet holds its value better and is the more prestigous of the two (and in this case the better looking).

Going all over the map in both style, name and price, some other possibilites would be the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak in Rose, Tag Heuer Aquaracer 500M Rose Bezel w/ Rubber Strap, I dont have a specific model from Blancpain in mind but you should definitely parouse their stock. You seem to be shying away from blatanty sporty but Panerai may also provide you an interesting look along with Breitling.

Thanks for the feedback. I can repay the favor if you ever need to go car shopping... but with watches i'm a novice.

The Breguet had coin edge and a slightly elusive spiral pattern behind the dial. It was beautiful. The horizontal lines behind the arms of a Patek look plastic and molded by comparison (at similar price points, like this Patek).

In the watch world what brands are Lamborghini or Ferrari? If, for example, you drove through middle America (i live in Minnesota) in something really eclectic like a Spyker probably nobody that wasn't a car junkie would have any idea what it is. In a lamborghini everybody would. Its unique, that wedge shape, its a bit iconic, and 1/2 of the boys in america (many now men) have had a poster of one on their bedroom wall. The Spyker costs more (a bit), is undeniably (imo) better finished and more interesting to look at, but in most common settings (say, except when around real car junkies) the Lambo is by far the more recognizable and stared at car.

Whats the lambo of the watch world? The watch that 99% of people would know was something if they saw it? It seems like it must be Rolex or Patek Phillipe.

Rolex is always going to be the most recognizable watch in existence. It's not necessarily the lambo but its easily recognizable. Other very high end, easily recognizable watches to me would be Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, A. Lange & Sohn, Blancpain, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet and Glashutte. There are plenty of other higher end brands but these are some of my favorites. Panerai, Jaquet Droz are a few other cool but tough to locate ones.

The coin edge of a Breguet makes it easily recognizable. Once again though, which state do you live in? I may be able to secure a Breguet without tax for you, as I said, I deal with high end watches daily.

The SEC?! Spectacular! I know a guy in Las Vegas that manages a custom silk screening business. If you want to have customized shirts made to mock this investigation let me know. I can forward you his contact information.